Can overwatering cause stains?

[Gord]

Here's a little dead Douglas-fir. Client said it wasn't looking healthy (new lawn, new house etc) so they had the hose on it all the time. Would overwatering cause these stains?

 

[trees4ever]

Gord,
It looks more like a wood-staining fungus got to it.
When was the construction & landscaping done?
The tree was probably stressed by all the changes and its roots impacted by the activities and trucks, etc.
Supposedly the fungi spores are carried by beetles or the wind or rain and enter through wounds.
Stressed trees can't keep the fungus at bay and so it spreads quickly.
Also, since the people said the tree wasn't doing well and that's why they started watering it shows that something was already amiss.
Too bad...and it might have been preventable with a protection zone created around the tree during the construction phases.

-Diane-

 

[Chum]

"Too bad...and it might have been preventable with a protection zone created around the tree during the construction phases."

Oops.

 

[Gord]

I think the new lawn and grade changes were made three or so years ago but I didn't have a chance to ask the client. Thanks for the information.

 

[trees4ever]

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I think the new lawn and grade changes were made three or so years ago

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A tree can take two to five years before is shows distress from construction/landscaping impact. It all depends on extent of damages and the age, species and initial health of the tree. It's all so unfortunate...

-Diane-